With kicking less than two weeks away, it's the time of year when the sport's top "insiders" lend themselves to bold predictions for the upcoming season. CBS Sports' Chip Patterson did the same with regard to Alabama in 2025: Patterson believes the Crimson Tide will win the SEC championship on December 6 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

The College Football Playoff announced that it will use an "enhanced" tool to further emphasize strength of schedule in its selection process, starting in 2025. The new metric -- titled record strength -- will give further credit to how a team performs against its schedule.

According to SP+, the Pigs have a 1.4 percent chance (roughly 70/1) to win the SEC in 2025, so there’s a smidge of value there if you’re feeling frisky. Sam Pittman has been in charge of this program for six years, and he’s essentially traded good and bad seasons since taking over in Fayetteville.

Every day until Aug. 29, Creg Stephenson is counting down significant numbers in Alabama football history, both in the lead-up to the 2025 football season and in commemoration of the Crimson Tide’s first national championship 100 years ago.

After finalizing its nonconference slate on Tuesday, Alabama basketball’s 2025-26 schedule is complete. Here’s a look at every game for the Tide.

News is bubbling up on Georgia's opening opponents, with Alabama suffering a key injury, Marshall dialing in for Georgia and Tennessee naming a starting QB

The College Football Playoff is giving more weight to strength of schedule and introducing a new selection metric after Alabama and two other three-loss SEC teams were left out in 2024.